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    IV. The Households and demographics of 30- to 44-Year-olds

    The economic well-being of adults ages 30 to 44 is influenced not just by their own labor market characteristics and those of any partners, but also by the nature of their households. The measure of economic well-being used in this analysis already takes account of differences in the size of the household, but the makeup […]

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    New Pew Research Center Survey Finds Moderate Attitudes Among Muslim Americans

    No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support for Extremism Washington, D.C. — As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, a comprehensive public opinion survey by the Pew Research Center finds no indication of increased alienation or anger among Muslim Americans in response to concerns about home-grown Islamic terrorists, controversies about the building […]

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    Chapter 1: Overview

    As the United States marks the 10th anniversary of the longest period of sustained warfare in its history, the vast majority of veterans of the post-9/11 era are proud of their military service and say it has helped them mature as human beings. More than eight-in-ten would advise a young person close to them to […]

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    Chapter 1. Living Arrangements and Father Involvement

    Fatherhood and Marriage Nearly half (46%) of men ages 15 to 44 with biological children report that at least one of their children was born outside of marriage,[5. numoffset=”5″ According to the NSFG, a similar share (47%) of women who have given birth report having at least one birth outside of marriage, and a Pew […]

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    A Tale of Two Fathers

    In the last 50 years, fathers have become much more involved in the day-to-day lives of the children they live with. During that same time period, though, the share of fathers living apart from their children has risen dramatically, to 27% in 2010.

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    Living Together: The Economics of Cohabitation

    Cohabitation is an increasingly prevalent lifestyle in the United States. The share of 30- to 44-year-olds living as unmarried couples has more than doubled since the mid-1990s. Adults with lower levels of education—without college degrees—are twice as likely to cohabit as those with college degrees.

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    Chapter 2. Attitudes About Fatherhood

    Among fathers, only a small minority (14%) agrees or strongly agrees with the statement that people can’t be really happy unless they have children. Men with no children are less likely than fathers to think that people can’t be really happy unless they have children—some 8% agree or strongly agree with that statement, while 91% […]

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    Chapter 3: Public Views and Experiences

    Amid rising costs and a sluggish economy, many Americans are questioning whether a college education is good value for the money. A large majority (75%) of the public says college is no longer affordable for most Americans. And only four-in-ten say the higher education system does an excellent (5%) or good (35%) job providing value […]

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    Appendix 2: Data Sources

    The detailed snapshot of adults ages 30-44 by their partnership status utilizes the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey (ACS).  The ACS is a 1% sample of all U.S. households and features a very large sample of the population.  The University of Minnesota Population Center’s Integrated Public Use Microsample (IPUMS) version of the 2009 […]

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    Family Meals, Cohabitation and Divorce

    More than 2,000 demographers, sociologists and others converged on Washington, D.C., last week for the Population Association of America’s annual meeting.

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